Journal
AIDS AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 19, Issue 7, Pages 1263-1274Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-0999-9
Keywords
HIV prevention; Web-based program; Health disparities; Sexual risk; African; American women
Funding
- National Institute on Drug Abuse grant [2R44DA021425]
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The aim of this study was to develop and test a cost-effective, scalable HIV behavioral intervention for African American women. Eighty-three African American women were recruited from a community health center and randomly assigned to either the web-based Safe Sistah program or to a delayed HIV education control condition. The primary outcome was self-reported condom use. Secondary measures assessed other aspects of the gender-focused training included in Safe Sistah. Participants completed self-report assessments prior to randomization, 1- and 4-months after their program experience. Across the entire study period, women in the experimental condition significantly increased their condom use relative to controls (F = 5.126, p = 0.027). Significant effects were also found for sexual communication, sex refusal, condom use after alcohol consumption, and HIV prevention knowledge. These findings indicate that this web-based program could be an important component in reducing the HIV disparities among African American women.
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